Komala

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Camara in BR Brazil, ES Spain, GW Guinea-Bissau and 10 more, Kamala in IN India, CZ Czechia, US United States and 8 more, Камала in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Kamla in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Komala is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name16K records spelled Komala3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Singapore

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Komala'

• French given name115 records spelled Komala2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India

  Also written Kômala

• Croatian given name87 records spelled Komala6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

  Also written Комала

• Thai surname66 records spelled Komala6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Malaysia

  Also written โกมาลา, Kommala, โก้มาลา

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Komala is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Kala (N); Krsna (N); Siva (N)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• tender; soft; delicate. sweet; handsome; beautiful.

  as a name·The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys

• In kaw, tender, soft

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 70 years between 1928–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Komala Dewib. 1989IDIndonesian badminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 133 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Komala?

We estimate roughly 206 thousand people bear Komala (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Komala have the most bearers?

Komala is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled kamala.

How common is Komala compared with other names?

In India, Komala is the 65th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Komala a male or female name?

Komala is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Komala mean?

Recorded meaning: Devasend (N); Gomata (N); Kali (N)